Survivor Blues - Cory Branan - Mutt
Standard tuning
Capo 2
These chords here are the way Cory plays it in the 'after hours' version.
For the full band version, just transpose the chords into G major (same capo).
Intro: Am, G, F
First verse:
GAm
She wondered once about her luck
GF
Put out her match with a tear
FCGC
She said I'm bored to death and born to,
F(add9)
Look, you want way the hell away from here?
GAm
He said you don't look that tough to me
GF(add9)
Leaned and lit a cigarette
FCGC
How 'bout you wait and see just what you regret
AmGF
Until we get what we get
AmGF
Until we get what we get
Chorus:
GAm
They say it makes you stonger
FCGC
But first you gotta survive
FGC
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
FGAmGF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
Second verse:
GAm
She struggled to read his knuckle tattoos
AmGF(add9)
Beneath the ring and the scar
FCGC
But the left said love and the right read true
GF(add9)
She said please say you got a car
GAm
It's parked out back
GAm
It's pointed out of state
AmGF (add9)
It's a recent acquisition we should probably ditch the plates
FCGC
And it won't get you far enough to ever lose track
AmGF (add9)
But yeah it's plenty car enough for never coming back
Chorus:
GAm
They say it makes you stonger
FCGC
But first you gotta survive
FGC
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
FGAmGF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
Am, G, Fadd9
Middle 8:
DmG
Yellow duffel in the seat back yonder
CF
Bunch of pretty junk I bought her
GAm
It's yours if you want
GAm
Either to you or the flames
GF
But to me it's the same
FCGC
She said no thanks man my baggage is packed
FCGF
The name on my ankle with this knife in my back
FCGC
I know a place on the way out of town
AmGF
It's as good as burned down
AmGF
It's as good as burned down
Am
It's as good as...
Final chorus:
GAm
They say it makes you stonger
FCGC
But first you gotta survive
FGC
What didn't kill you
FGC
What didn't kill you
FCFAmGF
What didn't kill you will make you wish you died
Outro:
Am
You call that a scar
GCA bruise, A tear
FG
Pillowmarks
F
Souvenirs
GAm
Sou-venirs